Pencil attachment.



L. REITH.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

. APPLICATION f`lLED NOV. 20. 1915.

1,200,238. Ptented. oci. 3,1916.'

"elan:lzmazezez::gizmzefmecceeaemz LYLE REITH, or ivIAnIom INDIANA.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

To alt 'whom 'it may concern le it lknown that I, LYiiii Riirrii, a citizen ot .the United States, residing 'at Marion,

4in the county of Grant and State of Indiana,

have invented ceitain new and useful 1inprovenients 1n Pencil Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in pencil attachments'and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use by artists or the like; and it is an obiect'of the invention to provide a novel and improved attachment vprovided with meaiis whereby thumb tacks or the like may be readilyremoved from applied position and wherein said means also serves as The invention consists in the details of, construction and in the coinbin-ation andarrangement'ot' the several parts ot my im- `proved pencil attachment whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and` advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novelfeatures of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe tlie same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view taken through an attaclunent,constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my iii-- vention, the same being shownin applied position upon a Writing implement; Fig. 2

is a bottom plan view of the device as herein drawing pencil may be made long enough disclosed; Fig. 3 is aside elevational View of my invention 'as herein disclosed; Fig. 4

is a transverse sectional view taken through.

my improved attachment, with the writing implement removed; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary7 elevational view` illustrating the manner in which my improved attachment may be` employed. for extracting a thumb tac ,l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 3,1610.

Application filed November 20, 1915,. Serial No. 62,565.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, P denotes ay pencil or other writing implement and A indicates my improved attachment as a whole. j

As herein embodied, my improved attachment comprises the sleeve or ferrule 1 adapted to receive an end of the pencil P either to protect the point thereof or to lengthen the saine so that the pencil may' be employed with convenience and facility when the pencil properhas been materially reduced-iii length. y

1t is to be noted that one end of the ferrule or sleeve 1 is provided with an open slot 2 so that the same may have the requisite frictional engagement with the pencil. The opposite end of the ferrule or sleeve 1 is provided with a truncated closure member 3 which serves as a nib with which a pen point is adapted to coact, the inner end of the nib being partially embraced by the clip 4 to retain the pen point a. in applied position. Disposed longitudinally oi the sleeve or ferrule 'i substantially the entire length thereof is the strip 5 substantially V-shape in cross section which serves to prevent the pencil P from rolling and which also serves as a linear measure, one of the faces of said strip 5 being provided with inch'gi'aduations divided into -sixteenths while the second face is provided with inch graduations divided into tenths.

The forward end of the attach 'ment A has secured to a side ofthe strip 5 the forwardly extending plate 6 having its Atorward or free extremity angularly disposed,

as at 7, with its forward edge sharpened.

The plate G andits angular endportion 7 serve as an extractor for a thumb tack,'it being-observed that the' angular portion-'7 permits the requisite leverage. It is also to be noted that when the pen point (i is in applied position the plate (3 with the angular portion 7 serve as an ink retainer'.

In view of what has beenbefore described, it is thought to be self-evident that a short by slipping the attachmenton an end thereof. It Will also be self-evident that the at-. 'tachment' may be readily applied over the the extent of insertion of-a pencil or @liber writing implement Within the sleeve or 'feb rule.

From the foregoing description, it s vthought to be obvious that a pencil attachr that my invention is susceptible of some change and Imodiication Without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not Wish to be understood as lniillg myself t0 the Precise arrangement and fQrmatODv' Of the SGV- l eral parts herein shown in carrying out my invention 1in practice.

I claim:

An attachment for a Writing implement l consisting of an elongated sleeve having one lend closed, said closed end portion being 1 substantially truncated, aclip partially surrounding the sleeve and secured thereto at a point'in'ivardly of the truncated end of the sleeve, said clip Ipartially overlying'the in. ner portion Qfsaid truncated end, and anl elongated flat member secured to the sleeve We Point Substantially dielectric to the clip and extending in advance of the closed end'of the sleeve, the outer end portion' of the flat member being, angnlarly disposed and intersectingr the longitudinal plane occupied by the sleeve.

Inytestimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX, my

signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. LYLE REITH.

Witnesses ALBERT G. AILMAN, RAYMOND F. HANCOCK. 

